The Parliamentary Committee on Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Victims met today, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 and discussed the following issues:
1. The abolition of the group herding clergy in Klaydia, in which about twenty herders participate.
(Self-examination on the recommendation of Mr. Zacharias Koulias)
(File No. 23.04.038.498.-2021)
The Committee was informed by the representative of the Turkish Cypriot Property Management Service that this service had sent two letters to the Klaydia Community Council, requesting information on the farmers who own and cultivate plots in Klaydia, without having received a reply to date. A representative of the farmers stated that the farmers will quickly collect all the necessary information to register a cooperative so that they can continue to cultivate the plots of land granted to them by the Turkish Cypriot Property Management Service in Klaydia without hindrance.
2.The victimization of refugees due to the refusal of the commander of the British bases to proceed with the process of issuing property titles.
(Self-investigation following a recommendation by Mr. Nikos Kettirou, Christos Christofidis, Christos Christofias, George Koukoumas and Christos Seneca)
(File No. 23.04.039.073-2022)
The Committee was briefed by the representative of the Department of Lands and Surveys on the status of the implementation of the titling of housing units to displaced beneficiaries residing on government self-housing plots within areas of British bases. Specifically, she said, in order for this process to proceed within British bases, written consent of the commander of the British bases is required, as was the case until 2017. From 2018 onwards, with the change in the administration of the British bases, this is not possible due to the refusal of the commander to consent to the continued residence in residences of heirs of their deceased residents.
The Committee decided to review the matter very soon.
3.The serious problems of the refugee blocks of flats in the Chrysospiliotissa settlement in Deftera and the need for their immediate solution.
(Self-examination following a recommendation by Mr. Nikos Kettirou, Christos Christofidis and Christos Christofias)
(File No. 23.04.039.075.-2022)
The Committee examined the chronic and serious problems faced by the residents living in the refugee blocks of flats in the settlement of Chrysospiliotissa in Deftera. In this regard, the representative of the Planning and Zoning Department said that a civil engineer was commissioned a year ago to prepare a relevant study, in which the problems identified were recorded and evaluated and the necessary repairs will be carried out within the year. He added that there is no decision to rebuild the apartment buildings in the Chrysospiliotissa settlement in Deftera.
The committee decided to revisit the issue very soon.
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Committee for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Victims Email: parliamentary-commitees@parliament.cy
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